Can you remember the first time you played a Civilization game, and what it was that got you hooked? Was it the exploration? Empire management? Warfare? Without a doubt this 4X series is a cornerstone ...

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A Reddit user named Lycerius has been playing the same game of Civilization II for a decade, and his in-game world has turned out pretty grim by the year 3991. The Civilization games are grand ...

Tastes are funny. Some people out there will play anything just so long as it has the word "tycoon" on the box. Others will only really respond to mowing down legions of alien zombie Nazi robots with ...

In the eyes of MicroProse, Civilization II was a simple side project that would pale in comparison to their exciting follow-up to the original Civilization, CivNet. CivNet was essentially an online ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Slowly but surely, Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords is coming together at last. We first saw the sequel to 2003's popular turn-based strategy ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. The original Galactic Civilizations is perhaps one of the best PC strategy games you've never heard of, mainly because it debuted in 1994 as one of ...

To a seasoned Civilization player, the idea of slimming and streamlining the series's mechanics seems heinous. After all, the franchise recipe is tried and tested, and even the most recent game on PC, ...

Last year's Galactic Civilization II: Dread Lords was a real revelation in the area of 4X space games. Combining loads of depth and variability with a slick and convenient interface, it very nearly ...